Clothespole



C. G. CARLSON.

CLOTHESPOLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1917.

1,326,91 1 Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

CHARLES G. CARLSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHESPOLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Application filed December 28, 1917. Serial No. 208,989.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. CARLSON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothesoles, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form ofclothes pole constructed so that the clothes line may be easily attachedand securely retained thereto so as to prevent the pole from becomingdetached from the line, even though the pole may be caused to swing fromside to side as the line with the clothes thereon is whipped back andforth in the wind; and to provide an improved pole of this kind which issimple and exceedingly inexpensive in construction and has no partslikely to break or get out of order or catch on or tear the line ofclothes.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of aclothes line supported at the middle part thereof by a clothes poleembodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional detail of the upper end ofthe pole.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 13-13 of Fig. 2.

In the construction shown in the drawings, the pole or staff member 1comprises a strip of wood 2 to 1 thick, 11; to 2 wide, and about 8 feetlong. The upper end of the pole has a slit 2 extending inwardly from theupper end thereof a distance of 8 or 10 so as to form a pair of integraljaws 3 and 4t which have sufiicient resiliency to allow them to be movedslightly toward and away from each other. Semi-circular recesses 5 and 6are formed in the opposed faces of the jaws 3 and 4: near the upper endof the pole 1 and extending transversely therethrough so as to coact toform a seat or ropehole 7. The upper ends of the opposed faces of thejaws 3 and 4c are cut away at 8 and 9 so as to form a V-shaped slotextending inwardly from the end of the pole in alinement with the slit2. The lower end of the slot 10 is spaced a short distance from therope-hole 7 and is adapted to serve as a guideway for causing theclothes line to be readily forced into the rope-hole 7.

A pin 11 extends through the pole 1 a short distance below the rope-hole7 transversely thereto. One end of the pin is rigidly secured to the jaw4: whereas the jaw 3 is provided with a bore 12 surrounding the pin sothat the jaw 3 is free to move relative to the pin 11. The purpose ofthe pin 11 is to provide an abutment directly below the rope-hole 7which will prevent the clothes line from being intentionally orinadvertently forced from the rope-hole 7 into the slit 2 below saidhole, which if it did occur would usually result in splitting ofi one ofthe jaws from the remaining part of the pole.

The formation of the pole is a simple and inexpensive operation. Thehole 7 is first bored through the end of the stick 1, after which thepole is placed on a circular ripsaw and the slit 2 cut therein. Theupper ends of the jaws 3 and 4 are then cut away so as to form aguideway 10. Following this, the hole 12 is bored through the jaw 3 andthe pin or nail 11 driven therethrough into the jaw 4:.

The pole is used by simply forcing the clothes line 13 down through theguideway into the seat or rope-hole 7 the jaws springing apartsufiiciently to allow the rope to pass through the slit 2 between theend of the guidewav 10 and said seat. There is sufficient resiliency inthe jaws to cause the clothes line to be rather firmly held in therope-hole 7, and no amount of swinging of the pole back and forth willresult in its being disengaged from the end of the line.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been heroinshown and de scribed, it will be understood that some details of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from thespirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A clothes line prop, comprising a staif member, having a narrowlongitudinally disposed slot extending inwardly from one end thereof soas to form a pair of jaws integral with said member and yieldablerelative to each other, said jaws each being provided with a recesssubstantially semicircular and the same size formed in the opposed facesthereof inwardly from the end of said slot, said recesses coacting toform a seat adapted to receive and retain a clothes line, and anabutment extending across said slot adjacent to and slightly removedfrom the bottom ofisaid recesses so as to prevent the clothes line frompassing into said slot beyond said seat.

2. A clothes line prop, comprising a stall member having a narrowlongitudinally disposed slot extending inwardly from one end thereof soas to form a pair of jaws integral with said member and yieldablerelative to each other, said jaws each being provided with a recesssubstantially semi-circular and the same size formed in the opposedfaces thereof inwardly from the end of said slot, said recesses coactingto form a seat adapted to receive and retain a clothes line, and a pincarried by one of said jaws and slidably passing through the other, saidpin being located transversely to and immediately beneath said seat soas to prevent a clothes line from passing into said slot below saidseat.

Signed at Chicago this 19th day of De ceniber, 1917.

CHARLES G. CARLSON.

